Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 21. Empty spring

Chapter 21. Empty spring The greatest virtue is in uncomplicatedly following the Tao. Untouched and unstudyable is the Tao. Untouched, unstudyable, yet containing forms. Untouched, unstudyable, yet containing beings. Deep and dim it is, but it still has an essence, a true essence, where there is unity. It is in all beings from their start.… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 21. Empty spring

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 19. Returning to nature

19. Returning to nature By leaving their self-righteousness and abandoning their own wisdom people would be greatly improved. By declining charity and “duty towards kin” they could return to their natural relations. If skillfulness is abandoned and profit is given up there will be no thieves amongst the people. Cultivating these three things* has come… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 19. Returning to nature

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 20. Remaining distant

Chapter 20. Remaining distant Leave your dogma and free yourself of worrying. The difference between certainty and uncertainty isn’t that big. Do they help us to differentiate between good and evil? For one must carefully keep track of differentiations. But oh! People are never freed of their stupidity. They are full of ambition like the… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 20. Remaining distant

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 3. Calming people

Chapter 3. Calming people Envy is avoided when people are not placed apart based on merit. Theft is avoided when riches are not valued. Calm stays the mind when not looking for stimulants for the senses. That is how the wise one rules, by freeing his heart of lusts; by giving his stomach enough satisfaction,… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 3. Calming people

Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 13. Stopping from falling to low places

Chapter 13. Stopping from falling to low places Honor and shame are equally frightening. Happiness and unhappiness are to do with the bodily personality. This is what is said of honor and shame: Shame is humiliation that is feared be it near or far. Thus honor and shame cannot be separated from the fear that… Continue reading Translation: Tao Te King – Chapter 13. Stopping from falling to low places

How to set up a GNU/Linux server at Shellit.org ecohosting

    Trollböle et al gets its gear and moves to Björneborg. Consumerium.org acquires its first ecoserver from a company that uses electricity sourced from renewable sources only.   Objective: Set up a stack in efficient and clear manner in order to move the current Consumerium.org development wiki onto the new ecological server paying mind… Continue reading How to set up a GNU/Linux server at Shellit.org ecohosting

Upgrading MediaWiki

This method is discouraged. Use the latest tarball instead unless good reason to run the live code tree Objective: Get the freshest MediaWiki installed on http://develop.consumerium.org/wiki/ using git where ever possible. Instructions followed: The official upgrading MediaWiki guide Thanks go to: Naturally the MediaWiki devels and documenters. Special thanks to SPF|Cloud @ freenode irc for… Continue reading Upgrading MediaWiki